Re: Marriott wifi blocking

2014-10-03 Thread Michael Van Norman
My reading of this is that these features are illegal, period. Rogue AP detection is one thing, and disabling them via network or administrative (ie. eject the guest) means would be fine, but interfering with the wireless is not acceptable per the FCC regulations. Seems like common sense to me.

Re: Marriott wifi blocking

2014-10-03 Thread Michael Van Norman
On 10/3/14 3:44 PM, Lyle Giese l...@lcrcomputer.net wrote: On 10/03/14 17:34, Michael Van Norman wrote: My reading of this is that these features are illegal, period. Rogue AP detection is one thing, and disabling them via network or administrative (ie. eject the guest) means would be fine

Re: Marriott wifi blocking

2014-10-03 Thread Michael Van Norman
IANAL, but I believe they are. State laws may also apply (e.g. California Code - Section 502). In California, it is illegal to knowingly and without permission disrupts or causes the disruption of computer services or denies or causes the denial of computer services to an authorized user of a

Re: Marriott wifi blocking

2014-10-03 Thread Michael Van Norman
On 10/3/14 7:25 PM, Hugo Slabbert h...@slabnet.com wrote: On Fri 2014-Oct-03 17:21:08 -0700, Michael Van Norman m...@ucla.edu wrote: IANAL, but I believe they are. State laws may also apply (e.g. California Code - Section 502). In California, it is illegal to knowingly and without permission

Re: Marriott wifi blocking

2014-10-03 Thread Michael Van Norman
One of the reasons I pointed to the California law is that it covers above L1 even if FCC authority does not. The state law also provides for criminal penalties. I do not know if other states have similar laws. /Mike On 10/3/14 7:42 PM, Hugo Slabbert h...@slabnet.com wrote: On Fri 2014-Oct-03